Karma Phuntsho Email & Phone Number

Thimphu, Bhutan

Head, In-patient Ward, Laboratory Services Unit, and Essential Veterinary Medicines Unit, National Veterinary Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan.• Consulting, treating, and prescribing medicines to pets and other animals including referral cases at the hospital.• Member of tender evaluation committee at the National Centre for Animal Health responsible for the procurement of veterinary medicines and consumables for the country.• Conducting staff training and skills upgrading on disease outbreak investigation, disease surveillance, sampling and data management, and data analysis regarding data collected on the online database Veterinary Information System.• Writing scientific articles and papers on clinical cases and other on other research topics under the purview of Animal Health Division under the Ministry and National Veterinary Hospital.

Brent Wood, Calgary, Alberta

Thesis: Economic impact of infectious bronchitis on Canadian Poultry Industry.Infectious bronchitis is a common, highly contagious, acute, and economically important viral disease of chickens caused by infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a gammacoronavirus. It affects the respiratory system, reproductive organs, and kidney. Mortality can reach 30% while egg production drops by 10% or more. Emerging IBV variants have led to outbreaks in vaccinated flocks due to lack of cross-protective immunity, which represents a concern for producers. We could not find a study of economic impact of IBV on the Canadian poultry industry. Vaccination to prevent IB in poultry layers has net positive economic benefits for Canadian poultry producers. Monte Carlo simulation using @RISK add-in on Microsoft Excel was performed in order to look at the variabilities involved in the profitability of a Canadian poultry farm through variances contributed by virulence/mortality/incidence rates of IBV, vaccination rate, feed cost, vaccine price, among others. A classical benefit-cost analysis approach was applied. We examined economic impact of IBV using three production categories under a range of IBV infection scenarios while considering possible control and response options. Initial analysis used secondary data (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada).

Nganglam

Samdrup Jongkhar

Master Of Science - Ms, Veterinary Medical Sciences, 4

Bachelors, Bachelors Of Veterinary Science And Animal Husbandry

Msc In Veterinary Med Studies, Animal Health Economics